Fifty two years.
08-31-15, 12:29 PM
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Fifty two years.
Mrs. Grouch and I have been married for 52 years today. I'm very happy about that.
To keep the content police happy, we've also been riding tandem bikes (and trikes) together for 39 years. Whichever way your relationship is headed, a tandem will get you there faster. We're doing good.
To keep the content police happy, we've also been riding tandem bikes (and trikes) together for 39 years. Whichever way your relationship is headed, a tandem will get you there faster. We're doing good.
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08-31-15, 12:45 PM
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Mrs. Grouch and I have been married for 52 years today. I'm very happy about that.
To keep the content police happy, we've also been riding tandem bikes (and trikes) together for 39 years. Whichever way your relationship is headed, a tandem will get you there faster. We're doing good.
To keep the content police happy, we've also been riding tandem bikes (and trikes) together for 39 years. Whichever way your relationship is headed, a tandem will get you there faster. We're doing good.
08-31-15, 12:46 PM
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I stayed unmarried until I was in my 40s and it only lasted 6 years, but I started my relationship with road bikes 48 years ago. (Yeah I know, that puts me 2 years short of 50+.)
39 years of tandem riding. Good work!
Ben
39 years of tandem riding. Good work!
Ben
08-31-15, 02:31 PM
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Mrs. Grouch and I have been married for 52 years today. I'm very happy about that.
To keep the content police happy, we've also been riding tandem bikes (and trikes) together for 39 years. Whichever way your relationship is headed, a tandem will get you there faster. We're doing good.
To keep the content police happy, we've also been riding tandem bikes (and trikes) together for 39 years. Whichever way your relationship is headed, a tandem will get you there faster. We're doing good.
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I am a cyclist. I am not the fastest or the fittest. But I will get to where I'm going with a smile on my face.
08-31-15, 02:38 PM
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I love my wife of 18 years,,,
But Just Not enough to have her attached to me when I am out riding...
"Honey that's too fast",,,,"Honey Slow down",,,, "Honey,, let's stop,,I need to pee",,, Not this boy
But Just Not enough to have her attached to me when I am out riding...
"Honey that's too fast",,,,"Honey Slow down",,,, "Honey,, let's stop,,I need to pee",,, Not this boy
08-31-15, 02:54 PM
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congratulations. It takes special people to pull that off... I have been married 3 times...you know how bright i am because two of the three were to the same woman.
08-31-15, 04:40 PM
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Happy 
Anniversary to the two of you!! A magnificent accomplishment.
No need for a tandem here at this time, 42 years married but we've known each other since 1st grade.
Anniversary to the two of you!! A magnificent accomplishment.No need for a tandem here at this time, 42 years married but we've known each other since 1st grade.
09-01-15, 06:05 AM
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Happy Anniversary RG, wow, your marriage length qualifies for membership here in the 50+, with a buffer. Congratulations on the time together, our marriage is the single most important thing in our lives. I'd never find another woman to put up with me, I wonder everyday how I managed to snag her.
Bill
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Congratulations to you and the lovely and charming Mrs. Grouch. You are a fortunate to man to have a wife who will ride with you. Enjoy many more years!
09-01-15, 07:12 AM
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If a marriage can survive a tandem, it can survive anything! Mazel Tov!
09-01-15, 01:25 PM
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Congratulations to you and Mrs. Grouch!
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Wow ... 52 years. Congratulations!
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09-01-15, 09:44 PM
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Congrats, man! That's a sign of true love or pig-headed stubbornness! Either way, 
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Congratulations on the big 52. Kind of opposite of me. Marriage is the greatest cause of divorce. So it has been 22 years of non marriage for me. If we had children, marriage would have happened because it gives the kids a bit more protection.
09-02-15, 08:25 PM
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Congrats on the anniversary!
My wife being the wiser of our union, suggests that we NOT get a tandem for the benefit of our marriage. As much as I'd like one in the collection, I'll let her better judgement prevail.
My wife being the wiser of our union, suggests that we NOT get a tandem for the benefit of our marriage. As much as I'd like one in the collection, I'll let her better judgement prevail.
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52 years! Congrats. I've only been married for 42.
I have to admit that when I opened this thread I expected an announcement that you had been in this forum for 52 years.
I have to admit that when I opened this thread I expected an announcement that you had been in this forum for 52 years.
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Mr. and Mrs. Retro!
A big congrats on your wedding anniversary and decades of riding TWOgether.
We celebrated 40 years of tandeming and 60 years of HAPPY marriage in 2015.
Pedal on!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
A big congrats on your wedding anniversary and decades of riding TWOgether.
We celebrated 40 years of tandeming and 60 years of HAPPY marriage in 2015.
Pedal on!
Rudy and Kay/zonatandem
09-06-15, 06:46 AM
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Mrs. Grouch and I have been married for 52 years today. I'm very happy about that.
To keep the content police happy, we've also been riding tandem bikes (and trikes) together for 39 years. Whichever way your relationship is headed, a tandem will get you there faster. We're doing good.
To keep the content police happy, we've also been riding tandem bikes (and trikes) together for 39 years. Whichever way your relationship is headed, a tandem will get you there faster. We're doing good.
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